Lists of Bests: The Educated Child's Good Books for the Intermediate Grades http://www.listsofbests.com/list/29813 William J. Bennett's The Educated Child provides this list of good books for children in grades four through six. He suggests combining this list with additional books unique to your family's religion and heritage. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:24:34 GMT en-us 0 50 66 50 0 Little Women http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1734120 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louisa May Alcott</div> Sounder (Summer Reading Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2516700 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2516700"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060739460.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William H. Armstrong</div> Mr. Popper's Penguins http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/104375 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/104375"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316058432.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Atwater</div> Tuck Everlasting http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1220305 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1220305"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786263229.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Natalie Babbitt</div> Peter Pan: The Original Story (Peter Pan) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/889 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/889"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060563079.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Barrie</div> Crickets and Bullfrogs and Whispers of Thunder http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767853 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harry Behn</div> Stories of the Gods and Heroes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767858 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sally Benson</div> Sundiata: The Epic of the Lion King, Retold. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1209131 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roland Bertol</div> Doctor Coyote: A Native American Aesop's Fables (Aladdin Picture Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2112021 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2112021"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0689807392.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Bierhorst</div> The Secret Garden http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/149703 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/149703"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528832.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frances Hodgson Burnett</div> Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767868 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767868"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0399237992.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eleanor Coerr</div> A New Treasury of Children's Poetry: Old Favorites and New Discoveries http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767870 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joanna Cole</div> Prairie Songs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767871 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pam Conrad</div> James and the Giant Peach http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/493924 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/493924"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375814248.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roald Dahl</div> Charlie and the Chocolate Factory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968298 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roald Dahl</div> The Black Stallion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767877 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter Farley</div> Thor and the Giants http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767883 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Feagles</div> The Great Brain (A Yearling book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767888 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Dennis Fitzgerald</div> The Whipping Boy (rpkg) (HarperClassics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/301515 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/301515"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060521228.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sid Fleischman</div> Johnny Tremain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/262973 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/262973"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786180277.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Esther Forbes</div> Poor Richard's Almanack: Benjamin Franklin's Best Sayings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/286613 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Benjamin Franklin</div> And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (Paperstar) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/111522 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/111522"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0698113519.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Fritz</div> What's The Big Idea, Ben Franklin? (Paperstar) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2392501 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2392501"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000K012KM.01-A1LHDNO9ABZBB2._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45008880_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Fritz</div> Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1350947 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1350947"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0698114396.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Fritz</div> Swinger of Birches: Poems of Robert Frost for Young People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/347592 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/347592"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0916144933.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Frost</div> Julie of the Wolves (Summer Reading Edition) (Julie of the Wolves) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2422200 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2422200"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060739444.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Craighead George</div> Wind in the Willows http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/122811 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/122811"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0517223619.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenneth Grahame</div> Mythology http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6974 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6974"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316341517.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edith Hamilton</div> The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales (Treasured Gifts for the Holidays) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1094048 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1094048"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375804714.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginia Hamilton</div> Misty of Chincoteague http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767912 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767912"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416948317.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43350328_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marguerite Henry</div> Brighty of the Grand Canyon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767914 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marguerite Henry</div> Phantom Tollbooth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/339342 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/339342"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375806709.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norton Juster</div> The Trumpeter of Krakow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2713170 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Kelly</div> The Jungle Books (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124047 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124047"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529758.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rudyard Kipling</div> Captains Courageous http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1371049 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1371049"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1421808668.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rudyard Kipling</div> Lassie Come Home http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1551893 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1551893"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000B75MK0.01-A3VKJJQWRXJVCQ._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1125230349_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Knight</div> From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1050296 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. L. Konigsburg</div> Tales from Shakespeare (Penguin Popular Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/907216 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/907216"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140621598.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Lamb</div> A Wrinkle In Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/121188 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/121188"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BK66XE.01-A1OQJ7TC23MGUH._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Madeleine L'Engle</div> The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Book 1 in the Chronicles of Narnia) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16521 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2493682 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Macaulay</div> Cathedral: The story of its construction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2506205 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2506205"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440840910.01-A2DAN6ZLSB1E2D._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Macaulay</div> Sarah, Plain and Tall http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/540476 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/540476"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618062416.01-A345RPZDJ3U72D._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia MacLachlan</div> Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767936 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dell J. McCormick</div> Snow Treasure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2145428 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2145428"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142402249.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marie McSwigan</div> The Borrowers: Fiftieth-Anniversary Gift Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967185 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967185"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0152049282.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Norton</div> Hailstones and Halibut Bones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/976580 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/976580"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385410786.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary O'Neill</div> Bridge to Terabithia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/171270 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/171270"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439366771.01-A4P6RRXZ7PWEV._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katherine Paterson</div> Great Gilly Hopkins (New Windmill) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2072830 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2072830"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0435124773.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katherine Paterson</div> Tales of Mystery & Imagination http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77732 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77732"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0760748721.01-A1RJHHH004ZFY8._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1104665695_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edgar Allan Poe</div>